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ACLU, EFF Cite Flock’s Expanding Surveillance Technology in California Privacy Fight
New DeploymentsOpen the record →
Boston Ditched Flock Safety After Its Promised Data Wall Failed in Days
CoverageOpen the record →
Trenton police tighten access to Flock cameras as residents call for stronger safeguards
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Minneapolis city councilors to ask university to end Flock contract
VictoriesOpen the record →
Residents on the left and right voice concerns about Flock cameras, surveillance
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Candidates for Wisconsin Attorney General speak on public safety, flock cameras
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Carrollton City Council votes to extend Flock camera contract
Council FightsOpen the record →
Lowell council postpones decision on Flock cameras as ordinance undergoes revisions
Laws & PolicyOpen the record →
Dallas City Council could decide future funding for Flock cameras
Council FightsOpen the record →
Steubenville Council votes 6-1 to keep Flock safety cameras in place citywide
Council FightsOpen the record →
Oconee County Council passes ban of Flock cameras countywide
Laws & PolicyOpen the record →
City Council and Flock
Council FightsOpen the record →
Automated License Plate Readers Cut Down - Flock Safety Cameras | Hudsonvalley360.com
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Fugitive wanted in Florida for alleged violent sexual assault of a juvenile caught in Colorado Springs
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Axon & Real-Time Crime CentersOpen the record →
Excelsior Springs hosts Flock-focused town hall
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Council FightsOpen the record →
Union Township leaders holding town hall on Flock, other license plate readers
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Council FightsOpen the record →
Flock Safety cameras; Wisconsin cities vote to end use
VictoriesOpen the record →
College Station residents push back on Flock camera contract renewal
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Council FightsOpen the record →
Dallas Police seek new funding for Flock cameras
CoverageOpen the record →
A growing push to regulate Flock | Inquirer Cherry Hill
Laws & PolicyOpen the record →
Huntsville Flock camera forum to put access, oversight questions before police
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Moorhead Police Test Possible Replacement for Flock Cameras
CoverageOpen the record →
Sheriff: License plate readers could save lives, but abuse would cost deputy their job
Misuse & AbuseOpen the record →
Leon County Commission moves to stop ALPR cameras, school zone speed camera program and more
Council FightsOpen the record →
Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk"
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CoverageOpen the record →
Lake Mills Police Department 'opting out' of Flock contract | News
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Council FightsOpen the record →
Troy mayor vetoes law that would restrict ability to declare emergencies, council to override
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Laws & PolicyOpen the record →
Here's what 14 no-Flockers told county commissioners - Hendersonville Lightning
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Council FightsOpen the record →
State lawmakers should ban creepy license plate readers in Pennsylvania [editorial]
Laws & PolicyOpen the record →
Wilmington's Chief Says Plate Readers Are "Worth Discussing" — the City Already Runs Them
CoverageOpen the record →
Council introduces proposed audit of Toledo's Flock cameras
Council FightsOpen the record →
Racine Common Council votes to terminate Flock camera agreement
VictoriesOpen the record →
"I Like Them": Trump Weighs In On Flock Surveillance Cameras
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CoverageOpen the record →
FOIA Documents Reveal Massive DEA Program to Record Americans' Whereabouts With License Plate Readers
Records — United States · collected by aclu.org
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BCSO releases Flock camera audit
Audit — Burke County, GA · collected by thetruecitizen.com
DocumentsOpen the record →
Milwaukee police audit shows Flock camera uses, possible misuse
Audit — Milwaukee, WI · collected by fox6now.com
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California Auditor Releases Damning Report About Law Enforcement's Use of Automated License Plate Readers
Audit — California · collected by eff.org
DocumentsOpen the record →
Harris Stingray Nondisclosure Agreement Forbids Cops From Telling Legislators About Surveillance Tech
Contract — United States · collected by techdirt.com
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Public Records Show Cops Are Obscuring Their Use Of Facial Recognition Tech In Criminal Cases
Records — United States · collected by techdirt.com
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Axon Says AI Police Reports Save Time. Public Records Show They Get Facts Wrong
Records — United States · collected by Forbes
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Facial recognition audit shows U.S. Customs has some privacy and notification work to do
Audit — U.S. Customs and Border Protection · collected by biometricupdate.com
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Routt County Sheriff to cancel Flock contract after records show local cameras were included in 8 million searches
Records — Routt County, CO · collected by Yampa Valley Bugle
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Flock audit reveals Kentucky officer allegedly used cameras to track ex over 2K times
Audit — KY · collected by Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)
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Audit shows Illinois license plate data shared with U.S. Customs, violating state law
Audit — Illinois · collected by mystateline.com
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No misuse of Flock cameras in McDonough, audit reveals
Audit — McDonough, GA · collected by fox5atlanta.com
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Guardrails or Dragnet? Page Police Chief Defends License Plate Readers Amid Rising Scrutiny
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East Peoria passes first vote to add more license plate reader cameras in city
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Melvindale senior loses nearly $6,000 in bank impersonation scam
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Body-worn cameras now in use at all Maryland state prisons
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St. Johns County Sheriff defends Flock cameras, cites crimes solved as commissioners vote to approve $1.9B 2027 budget
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Council FightsOpen the record →
ECI Debuts Correctional Officers Using Body-Worn Cameras
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CoverageOpen the record →
Horizon City PD continues to use Flock cameras amid backlash
CoverageOpen the record →
Atlanta mayor wants new guardrails for Flock cameras after 115K searches
CoverageOpen the record →
Man who faced three felonies for destroying a fake Flock camera has charges reduced to misdemeanors
CoverageOpen the record →
San Francisco group maps Flock license plate cameras amid growing privacy concerns
CoverageOpen the record →
Former Amarillo officer accused of Flock misuse previously suspended over police chase
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Misuse & AbuseOpen the record →
Leon County votes to remove Flock cameras from county property
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VictoriesOpen the record →
Here's Looking at You — Selling Surveillance Culture – The University Times
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Arlington board directs removal of county’s Flock cameras
VictoriesOpen the record →
Beebe Authorities To Pause Flock Safety Camera Contract In Stunning Move
VictoriesOpen the record →
Flock Cameras CUT DOWN, Time To Listen!
Flock cameras are being cut down at an increasing rapid rate. There are reasons for this that “they” really need to listen…
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The Road to Digital Hell: Age Checks & Social Media Bans with Sharon Polsky | Hide & Speak
Streaming live Saturday, August 8 at 4pm ET, we're diving deep into the global age verification and social media law wave with…
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Crime-Fighting Tool—or Mass Surveillance?
These cameras help recover stolen vehicles, locate missing children, and identify dangerous suspects—but they can also record the movements of millions of…
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Local neighborhood has black bagged their flock cameras
Local neighborhood has black bagged their flock cameras
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Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity indicating IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile privacy…
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Meet RayHunter: Your Cell Site Simulator Detector #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Secret Service reveals new surveillance system amid slowdown in privacy impact assessments
The Helix tool, which combines surveillance video, facial recognition tech and license plate data to monitor potential threats, ...
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"If you did nothing wrong, why care?" This is why. #shorts #flocksafety
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." That argument crumbles when AI surveillance systems fail. In Brookfield, Wisconsin,…
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Flock Camera Falsely Flags Stolen Vehicle 😳
What happens when surveillance technology gets it wrong? In this reaction, we examine a case where a Flock Safety camera reportedly identified…
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Disney's Hidden Tracking Tech Explained!
Disney parks are known as the most magical places on Earth but behind the magic lies advanced surveillance technology. From fingerprint scanners…
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Your Lyft driver was almost a flock camera
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There Is No Bill. But 100,000 Cameras Are Watching #Shorts
Full breakdown (Issue #69): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1So9XYf6H2k Also today - the full Daily Brief: ...
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RayHunter: Detect Suspicious Cell Activity #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Beta testing Byte Shield Android App UPDATE 1 #flock #deflock #byteshield #publicsafety #privacy
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How Data Brokers Almost Got Away With Home Surveillance #ftc #privacy #shorts
Your phone is not listening to your conversations. The real tracking is more boring than that, and honestly, way harder to escape. …
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🚨 He Cut Down Flock Cameras - Now His Community Defends Him #Shorts #news
A West Virginia man accused of cutting down Flock Safety license-plate-reader cameras is receiving an unexpected wave of ...
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Utah's digital ID bill is missing one thing #Shorts
SB 275 passed unanimously and the ACLU praised it. The argument here is that a constitutional amendment should have come before the…
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People Are Destroying FLOCK Surveillance Cameras Across America
A nationwide movement is accelerating. Citizens are destroying, stealing, and disabling Flock surveillance cameras across the ...
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Utah passed SB 275 unanimously. The missing piece is an amendment
Utah's SB 275 passed unanimously and the ACLU called it the strongest digital ID privacy framework in the country. The concern raised…
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FlockYou: Passive WiFi Awareness for ALPR Cameras #shorts
Introducing FlockYou, a passive WiFi awareness tool designed to identify wireless activity associated with many Flock Safety ALPR cameras using known wireless…
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SPARTACUS VS Flock Cameras: The Internet Gives Him 20,000 Alibis
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Flock cameras spark critics and vandals. What's going on?
License plate readers have been attacked nationwide, and a growing number of cities have abandoned their use of the ...
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Trump Benefits From DeFlock #trump #flock #news #politics
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Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Cities Are Killing Their Camera Contracts
53 cities have canceled their Flock Safety license-plate camera contracts this year — including the LAPD. Here's how to check ...
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I’m all Flocked Up! #deflock #flock #flockcameras
I’m all Flocked Up! Lowe’s has a Flock camera for incoming traffic. Do they allow law enforcement access? #daytonabeachlawyer #flock #deflock #deflockflorida…
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Keygon Group’s smart license plate recognition system and barrier gate
Experience the smooth operation of Keygon Group's smart license plate recognition system and barrier gate. Designed for ...
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Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Flock Cameras de la Cruz
While advances in technology can be powerful tools, they require clear guardrails. In the state Senate, we will look for consensus ...
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Addiction, Missing Funds, and AI License Plate Cameras Explained! #shorts
Ever wonder how Flock cameras work? These automatic license plate readers feed into an AI database, giving hits on what they ...
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Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Columbus group to demand removal of license plate readers at City Council hearing Monday
A Columbus community group plans to demand the city remove automatic license plate reader cameras during a public hearing Monday as City…
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AI-based Street Surveillance in Hawaii (ThinkTech Tech Talks)
AI-based Street Surveillance in Hawaii; This is Being Done Across the Islands by Companies Such as Flock Security (ThinkTech ...
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'END OF FREEDOM': Flock cameras spark FIERCE backlash nationwide
'Outnumbered' panelists debate the rising use of Flock Safety cameras across the U.S. as privacy concerns and reports of ...
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Woman jailed four months after facial recognition AI wrongly identified her as criminal
Woman jailed four months after facial recognition AI wrongly identified her as criminal "There was another lady who got arrested ...
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Flock Cameras Don’t Need GPS to Track You 👀
Flock cameras don’t follow your car with GPS — but they can still build a timeline of where your vehicle has been…
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RayHunter: Detect Suspicious Cell Activity #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity linked to IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile…
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Can an Infrared Filter Hide Your License Plate from Flock?
Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are becoming increasingly common, recording vehicles as ...
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We can Deflock Idaho, but it takes citizens being engaged and pushing back
Many city councils and police departments have made the call to put flock style cameras up with out consenting the citizens of…
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A man in Florida found a legal way to block a Flock camera using a 12-foot protest sign.
His unusual approach sparked a broader conversation about privacy, free speech, and the growing use of automated license ...
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🚗 How Keygon License Plate Recognition System Works
Discover how License Plate Recognition technology helps improve entrance efficiency through automatic vehicle identification ...
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DEFLOCK THE ALPR FLOCK AND DRONE Survailence #whattheflock #flocksafety #flocksong #privacy #hero
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4th Amendment Privacy in the Digital Age ⚖️
Under the Fourth Amendment, evidence obtained through an unlawful search without a warrant or established legal exception is excluded from court. In…
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Guadalupe County ends Flock Safety Camera contract, citing cost savings
Guadalupe County ended its contract with Flock Safety over rising costs. The sheriff called it "a business decision, not a change of…
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PRIVACY CONCERNS | Backlash grows around FLOCK cameras
FLOCK cameras are continuing to cause controversy, this time in Connecticut.
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Concerns over police and Flock Cameras after misuse cases
Retired Detroit Police Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt is blasting the increasing number of police officers around the country accused ...
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Flock cameras help Galt police find kidnapping suspect in 5 minutes | To The Point with Alex Bell
Galt police say Flock cameras, also known as automated license plate readers, helped them locate and arrest a man accused of ...
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Privacy Is Freedom
Without privacy, people stop speaking honestly and eventually stop thinking freely. The argument says spying and self-censorship ...
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Chandler halts use of Flock cameras | FOX 10 Phoenix
Officials with the City of Chandler say the East valley city has halted its use of Flock cameras. It came one day…
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Galt kidnapping suspect tracked in 5 minutes using Flock cameras
Galt police say their Flock automated license plate reader system helped them locate a kidnapping suspect within five minutes ...
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Protect Your Mobile Privacy with RayHunter #shorts
RayHunter, an open-source tool from the EFF, detects suspicious cellular activity from IMSI catchers and rogue cell towers. Enhance your mobile privacy…
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Flock Explored Dashcam Partnership Allowing Flock Cameras To Go Mobile
Flock was exploring dashcam partnership that would turn flock cameras mobile. #privacy #surveillance #flock #ai #cameras
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Brookfield police stop vehicle on I-94 after outdated Flock alert from Milwaukee police
Triggered by a Flock Safety camera alert, Brookfield police conducted a high-risk traffic stop on Interstate 94, but the vehicle officers stopped…
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State bill would place restrictions on license plate readers
California lawmakers are advancing a bill to regulate license plate readers, balancing crime-fighting benefits with growing privacy ...
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Flock Cameras: AI Surveillance or Self-Protection? #shorts
The debate around Flock cameras and license plate readers heats up. Are these tools for safety or surveillance? We explore what ...
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Flock cameras vandalized across the country as the debate around them continues
Communities across the country are debating whether or not they should keep using controversial Flock Safety cameras as a ...
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Florida Man Legally Blocks Flock Camera With a 12-Foot Protest Sign | Viral Story
A unique story from Florida has gone viral after a man reportedly found a legal way to block a Flock camera by…
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